Scientists around the world are determined to find answers to life's most challenging questions. Stem cell research is the result of trying to find answers to serious medical conditions. There is strong evidence to support this research as a viable option for regenerative medicine in the treatment of nervous system and neurological disorders. Stem cells have proven useful in finding the treatments needed to cure cancers and diseases such as diabetes, AIDS, Parkinson's disease and heart disease (stem cells). Currently, laws affecting stem cell research have been passed from the federal government to the states, with each state deciding not only what restrictions it implements on the research, but also whether stem cell research is legal within its borders. With emotions on this topic reaching climatic levels, it should be the responsibility of the federal government to pass legislation that not only protects stem cell research, but secures its future. The innovation of stem cell research has opened up new opportunities to explore and achieve an improved understanding of the human body. Embryonic stem cells play a vital role in the advancement of this research. Pluripotent stem cells such as those obtained from human embryos have the ability to become any other type of cell such as blood, bone and skin (stemcells.nih). The ability to research and understand the development process of certain cell types is critical to finding cures for diseases. Harvesting a collective of pluripotent stem cells can be used to create stem cell lines for other researchers around the world. The ability to produce new stem cells from harvested ones is much more efficient than the fertilization process. Being able to freeze and preserve the stem cell...... middle of paper......ner and K. Lee Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2012. In the Context series. Science in context.Web. April 2, 2014 CBS News. Debrief: the embryonic stem cell debate. CBS, March 9, 2009. Web April 9, 2014Davies, Bryan Thomas. “Stem Cell Laws.” Biotechnology: in context. Ed. Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2012. In Context Series. Science in context. Network. April 2, 2014Prentice, David A. “Adult stem cells are more useful than embryonic stem cells.”Embryonic and adult stem cells. Ed. Susan C. Hunnucutt. Detroit: GreenhavenPress, 2013. In question. Rpt. from "Adult stem cell treatments advance, embryonic stem cells lag further behind." 2012 Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Network. March 31, 2014U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Stem Cell Information NIH.HHS, April 4, 2013. Web April 9. 2014